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Originally Posted by NickM
I guess it was high enough: 32 Hungarians Me; not sure how many LW fighters(some sources said 70++)--what LW units were involved--Numbers & the Gruppen if you have it; IF my memory is still functioning the 49th only numbered 12;
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nickm
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70+ Luftwaffe planes - that was a fairy tale. Only one Luftwaffe Staffel engaged the 49th and only in the very last phase of the dogfight (the 4./JG 302, the Höhenstaffel). 30 Hungarian vs 15 US planes, 2 vs 1 rate, nothing special, or extremely rare, since the rates were much higher in the opposite side - 200-300 US fighters vs 50-80 German Hungarian fighters, but generally much-much less defenders. Sometimes 15-20 Hungarians vs 200 escort fighters (over 10 vs 1) AND they got a strict order to avoid the fighters, engage only the bombers, so impossible to compare it in any way.
11th June 2009, 23:18
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